Flexible corner



Nov. 14, 1950 G. D. WATERMAN 2,529,855

FLEXIBLE CORNER Filed July 2, 1947 w zAag Patented Nov. 14, 1950 FLEXIBLE CORNER George D. Waterman, Hartford, Conn., assignor to The Vulcan Radiator Company, Hartford, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application July 2, 1947, Serial No. 758,535

1 Claim. (Cl. 18986) This invention relates to flexible corners and more particularly to a corner plate which is particularly intended for use in combination with coverings for baseboard radiators.

It is commonly noted by those skilled in the art that when the walls of a room are not perfectly square at a corner, it is practically impossible to fit the covering for the baseboard radiator properly because of the fact that the corner plates, such as heretofore provided, have been of the rigid type and therefore not adaptable for adjustment to accommodate any irregularity in the squareness of a corner.

An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide, particularly for baseboard radiator coverings, a flexible corner which can be adjusted to compensate for deviations or errors in angles of corners between walls.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be more clearly understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational plan view of a flexible inside corner embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevational perspective view showing the said corner in use in combination with a baseboard radiator covering.

Fig. 4 is an elevational partly diagrammatical plan view illustrating the adjustability of said flexible corner.

Fig. 5 is an elevational bottom view of said corner.

Fig. 6 is an elevational perspective view of an outside flexible corner unit embodying my invention.

As shown in the drawings, my invention provides a corner unit 5 which is preferably constructed from a piece of sheet metal and provides vertical side portions 6 and 1 having offset upper portions 8 and 9 respectively which, as shown, are bent upwardly at an angle and form an open notch at the corner of said unit, as indicated in dotted lines at I0.

A covering member II is fitted over the said open corner and is secured to the corner unit 5 only at one side thereof, as indicated at 12, which may be done by such as spot welding, or the like, to secure the said covering member to one of the upwardly extending portions 8 or 9.

In the type of corner illustrated, the upper por-v tions 89 are each preferably provided with a downwardly projecting lip I3 which is adapted to hook into a suitable hanger for securing or suspending the radiator covering from a wall.

The said sections 89 are commonly perforated as shown to permit circulation of air therethrough, particularly when used in combination with radiators of the convection type.

It will be noted from the illustration in Fig. 3 that the corner may be mounted so as to abut the end portions of the straight sections of radiator covering, such as indicated at M and I5, and secured thereagainst by means of suitable joint covers or straps such as indicated at l4a. and l5a. Both the straight sections of radiator covering and the straps are provided with upwardly inclined portions corresponding to the portions 8-9 and have the depending lips corresponding to the lips I3. Each of said strips are provided with a hooked portion at its lower end which fits under the bottom edge of the abutting corner and straight portions and is thereby secured thereto. Any gap which may occur between the said abutting portions will be covered by said straps.

If desired, the ends of the sections l4 and I5 and of the portions 8-9 may be overlapped and, in such cases, the said straps may be omitted.

As shown in Fig. 4, my improved corner will fit in a corner of adjoining walls as illustrated in full lines when the said corner is square. When the said corner is irregular and the walls are not at right angles to each other, the corner will fit as illustrated in dotted lines to conform with the angle of the corner; this being permitted by the fact that one side of my improved corner unit is free for lateral adjustment relatively to the other side thereof for the reason that the plate II is secured only to one side and simply overlaps the other side to thereby permit movement of the said other side for adjusting the corner to conform with various angles.

In the outside corner unit illustrated in Fig. 6, the side wall portions |6l 1 are provided with respective upwardly inclined portions l8-I9 and a covering plate 20 is secured at 2| to only one side of said corner unit, in the same manner as the plate I l is secured in the inside corner unit above described.

I claim:

A flexible corner unit of the character described 3 constructed of sheet metal and formed to provide a pair of adjoining wall portions extending substantially perpendicular to each other and having rearwardly extending upper portions co-extensive' therewith and with their adjacent ends forming a notch therebetween at the corner of said unit, and a covering corner member secured to the adjacent end of one of said upper portions and extending over said notch and overlapping the adjacent end of the other upper portion, the said corner covering member being free of the said other portion and the wall portions being normally relatively movable to permit said unit to accommodate variations in angles of corners between two adjoining walls.

GEORGE D. WATERMAN.

'4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 426,552 Smead Apr. 29, 1890 1,714,237 Petersen May 21, 1929 2,000,243 Manske May '7, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number; Country: 7 Date 556,595 Great Britain 1943 

